Arch Pediat Adol Med
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Arch Pediat Adol Med · Mar 1997
Training in firearm safety counseling in pediatric residency programs.
To examine the status of formal training in pediatric residency programs with regard to firearm safety counseling. ⋯ Pediatricians have a vested interest in preventing childhood firearm violence. Yet, fewer than half of the residency directors believed that firearm issues be given high priority in residency programs. The barriers to providing such training (eg, no trained personnel and lack of educational resources) should not be major impediments to resolving this health problem.